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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287535 | Work washing apparatus A work washing apparatus including a transfer unit for controlling forward and rearward movements of a work, a table moved by the transfer unit, carrying out the washing of the work from upper and lower surfaces thereof and provided with water/air pipes, an upper su... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7143772 | Method of manufacturing a circuit board and its manufacturing apparatus It is possible to obtain a clean high-quality circuit board by removing affected material and foreign matter produced when a hole is formed. A manufacturing method of the circuit board includes (a) preparing a film-coated board material by bonding a film material as... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6427704 | Method of cleaning products to which dirt adheres Solid products to which dirt adheres are cleaned by introducing them into a container filled with water, mechanically transporting the products through the container to form in the container a suspension of sludge in the water, the sludge comprising dirt ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6269823 | Can washing apparatus with plastic risers A can washing apparatus includes a supply line or header connected to a plurality of risers. The risers are formed from a plastic material and are held to the frame of the can washing apparatus by an elongated metal support which is in turn welded to the ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267124 | Vertical conveyor parts washer A method and system for immersion cleaning of mechanical parts which includes a continuous conveyor having a plurality of vertical conveyor runs which pass through one or more cleaning tanks. Each cleaning tank includes at least two turbulent wash zones. ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6244279 | Vertical conveyor parts washer with rotary carriers A method and system for immersion cleaning of mechanical parts which includes a continuous conveyor having a plurality of vertical conveyor runs which pass through at least one cleaning tank. Each cleaning tank includes at least two turbulent wash zones. ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5645092 | Process and installation for cleaning partially de-leafed leafy salad vegetables and removing small foreign bodies therefrom An installation for cleaning pieces of partially deleafed leafy salad vegetables and for removing particles of small foreign bodies therefrom includes a bath for receiving the pieces to be cleaned and a means for causing the pieces to circulate in the bat... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5316030 | Container flusher A container is held between a conveyor and guide means provided around the conveyor and the guide means come in frictional contact with the container to rotate the container around its own axis as the conveyor runs in its circumferential path. The conveyo... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5129956 | Method and apparatus for the aqueous cleaning of populated printed circuit boards A method and apparatus for the aqueous cleaning of a printed circuit board having surface mounted components assembled thereon. The invention involves a heated aqueous solution sprayed under high pressure through a helically-vaned nozzle that is moving ro... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5076303 | Bottle duster A method for removing dust and other fine particulates matter from the exterior surface of a bottle moving along a conveyor line. A jet of ionized air neutralizes any static charge adhering the particulate matter to the bottle and also commences the dislo... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5051136 | Procedure for washing circuit boards and means for use in said procedure The present invention concerns a procuedure for washing off flux residues subsequent to soldering from a circuit board or equivalent component. The circuit board washing procedures of prior art have either been detrimental to the environment or poor in th... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5032187 | Venetian blind cleaning system In a cleaning system for cleaning venetian blinds, the blinds are stretched with their slats extending vertically on a carrier belt that is mounted to rotate about longitudinally separated drive and idler assemblies. One run of the carrier belt forms a st... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5017242 | Can-conveyor system and rinser A rinser for a gravity feed can conveyor system includes a plurality of nozzles for directing high pressure water into the cans as they pass by the rinser. At least some of the nozzles are angular oriented with respect to the cans in the conveyor system s... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5002616 | Process and apparatus for fliud treatment of articles A method and apparatus is provided for fluid treatment of articles, while the articles are being delivered along a path through a preferably substantially closed chamber. During treatment, the articles are conveyed by rotating disk-like members that estab... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4798218 | Cleaning apparatus for electronic components and/or precision parts of machinery Cleaning apparatus particularly for cleaning printed circuit boards, of the type comprising an enclosure through which passes a conveyor conveying the boards along a continuous path, at least one cleaning unit, using solvent and so arranged as to spray th... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4384849 | Apparatus for temporarily immersing articles in a hot-water bath Articles--e.g. foodstuffs wrapped in polyethylene bags--to be subjected to heat treatment in a bath of hot water are dropped from an input conveyor into an elongate tank at an inlet end for entrainment by a circulating flow toward an outlet end. A perfora... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4311157 | Sonic treating apparatus A sonic treating apparatus in which sheet material is immersed in a shallow tank between sonic treating vibrators along opposite parallel sides thereof, which vibrators produce a horizontally sonic vibrating treating liquid in the tank. The sheets to be t... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4102350 | Apparatus for removing excess coating material accumulated at the interior edge portions of metal containers A washing apparatus is disclosed for removing excess coating material from the interior edge portions of metal containers wherein the excess material is formed by the coating draining down the interior sidewalls of the container after the coating has been... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4041963 | Container washer apparatus Container washer apparatus for removing labels from the containers and from the apparatus as soon as possible by means causing washing solution agitation through the container conveying pockets into the area between the down and up passes of the conveyor ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3978874 | Heat sensitive film shrinking machine A machine employing heated water as the medium for shrinking heat sensitive film wrapping on food products and the like, wherein the machine provides a hot water distribution and recirculation system incorporating a variable speed propeller pump operable ... | 09/07/1976 |
